My affinity for biology comes from my childhood days that I spent watching dissection of rats and looking at the cellular structure under microscope. My mother, being a professor of biology regularly used to take me with her to a Biology lab and that is where my journey towards medical career began. Early on in my life, my family went through a long agony of my father's illness and death. This became a solitary stimulus for me to take up this profession and a driving force to strive for excellence. Going through that turmoil of recurrent hospital visits gave me a firsthand experience of an anguishing family.
My grandmother's experience had a profound impact on my decision of becoming a pathologist.
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Only very late in the diagnosis of her Intestinal Tuberculosis did her doctors order a laparoscopic biopsy. Even though ultrasound had shown intestinal wall edema and colonoscopy revealed no malignancy her physicians continued treating her empirically instead of digging for definite diagnosis. She died the following year. I feel this could have been averted had a pathologic diagnosis been established earlier. This instance, made me aware of pathology as a powerful weapon a doctor has, to come to an accurate diagnosis. It is this unique feature of definitiveness and an eventual joy of finding out ‘what exactly is wrong ‘, that attracts me to pathology. Making diagnosis is an intricate task that involves collecting, integrating and interpreting data obtained from a diverse range of sources. The intellectual challenges involved in deciphering these mysteries and the emotional euphoria of assisting patients with definite answers also immensely intrigue me. Pathologists have the privilege of being a “doctor’s doctor”. Most of the work pathologists do is exciting without being confined to one organ and every day we get a chance to see something new, this is what excites me the most. When a pathologist looks at something rare and new, I think it gives him the sense of discovery, the sense of making the unknown, known and helping patients obtain correct treatment through this. During my second-year pathology rotations at medical school, I learnt about the basics of pathology such as attention to detail, patience and methodical approach to work.
As it became my hobby to study quite a few microscopic and gross preparations for hours every day. Working under a fine supervision of my pathology professor Dr. Bekhtereva, made me aware of my ability to identify and follow a specific pattern in a slide. My mentor emphasized how important it is to be able to combine this innate visual ability with rigorous scientific …show more content…
training. By the time I came to the United states for my summer vacation, I was certain to take up pathology as a career. Hence I rotated in a pathology department at Kaiser Permanente, and in many ways it was a unique experience. I was humbled to see Dr. Lamba work relentlessly with a difficult rare slide. having the ability to question over and over scan through the literature if needed to be and come up with a diagnosis. This is where I learnt about the importance of having an open mind while looking at something and seeing beyond the clinical expectation. I am currently a volunteer at the New York Hospital Queens, Department of Pathology and seeing the pathologists work there I am amazed by their meticulous eye, analytical mind, and a strong sense of responsibility.
It has made me realize that residency training in pathology will offer me a more varied and balanced career. It will give me a unique platform to bridge basic research and clinical medicine, while applying the latest scientific discoveries to improving human health. Pathology lets me directly be involved in many of the critical decisions that affect a patient’s life through continually educating those around us and at the same time being a vanguard for proper care
delivery. To go with my passion and good observational skills I also have an inquisitive nature and an insatiable appetite for knowledge thus making me a good fit for pathology. My capabilities of working as a team player stem from my experience of being a cricket team captain during my high school days.Throughout the course of my medical career I have come to realize that constant study is not a tedious burden, but a luxurious pleasure. I hope to get into a residency program that will provide rigorous and comprehensive pathology training. My primary goal would be to devote my passion, skill and medical expertise to serving my patients. I would also like to allocate a sizeable amount of my time to research, and to educating medical students and young physicians.
As a second year Pathologists’ Assistant student at Indiana University School of Medicine, I am writing to express my interest in the Pathologists’ Assistant position. I believe that this position is ideal for me because my internship at Montefiore was the first step in me become a Pathologists’ Assistant. Through this internship, I was able to obtain the knowledge on how to become a PA, what a PA does, and it solidified any question on whether I wanted to be a PA.
Many years ago there was a small boy who was woken by a loud scream. Terrified, he ran from his room to find his mother unconscious on the floor. His little sister was screaming as he pulled his mom onto her back in desperation. In reality, he didn’t know what to do to save her and his helplessness was due to his lack of knowledge. She passed away that night. That boy was me. Our past defines us no matter how we protest; it can either pull you down into failure or lift you up towards success. From then on, I was drawn to medical sciences and used that helplessness to motivate my education.
Since a young age, I always felt inclined towards pursuing a career in the health care field; daydreaming about myself working at a clinic or hospital and making a positive impact on someone’s life. When I started college, I decided to major in Biology and explored the different career options the health field had to offer me by shadowing dietitians, nurses, physicians, and other healthcare workers to find my ideal job.
Born and raised by parents working in the medical field, I have always had the urge to follow up on on a health related career. Despite never being pressured into choosing scientific subjects as my academic studies, I deeply admired what a long way science has come and longed to give my contribution to this fascinating world. I am presently studying for my A-levels at St.Aloysius Sixth form in Malta, a college for high achievers.
Radiologist are very important to people with injuries that need to use medical imagining technology. Medical imagining technology such as x-rays, CT, MRI, PET, and ultrasound. To become a Radiologist you have to graduate from accredited medical schools, pass a license examination, and complete a residency for at least four years for post-graduate medical education. Meaning other topics as: Radiation safety and protection, Radiation effect on the human body, and appropriate performing and interpretation of quality radiological and medical imaging examinations. Radiologist producers are medically prescribed and should only be conducted by appropriately trained and certified physicians under medically necessary circumstances.
As a traditional Native American saying goes, “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.” My heart was captured by pediatrics at an early age. My journey was started growing up in a small town of India with different but significant healthcare needs and limited availability of resources. During the school life, I was always attracted towards human biology. As a young student, I was very curious and used to ask many questions, and my teachers always explained every principle by scientific reasoning and rational thinking. Childhood, after all, is a time when every human begins to construct their concepts of the physical, social, mental and emotional portions of their life. In turn, these perceptions can profoundly
From primary school, I was always amazed by the fact that the human body, composed of millions of cells, develops from a single fertilized mother cell. This idea triggered my interest for the science of human body. But the main reason I joined medical school was witnessing the actions of the excellent medical unit that saved my sister’s life, after her chocking on peanut. At the university, my interest in anatomy was amplified when I was studying anatomy in the second year. Later, this interest increased during various rotations in surgery and internal medicine.
The career path that I have chosen is is very broad, but it’s more than a career choice for me it’s become a passion. Becoming a Forensic Science Pathologist is one of my biggest plans; Forensic Science Pathologist focus on examining bodies of people(s) who have died violently, suddenly, and or unexpectedly. It’s now my job to investigate, analyze, and collect data which will better help me solve the cases. I strive to become a forensic science pathologist to be able to collect and analyze evidence to be able to convict the person(s) responsible for their actions. This career choice is valuable
Whenever asked what my favourite subject is, Biology has been, and will always be, my only answer. It was bewildering to compare my body to a machine working harmoniously. The digestive system, the respiratory system and the circulatory system are coordinating with each other right underneath my skin. Realising that the 'blue lines' visible beneath the flesh of my hands are actually veins carrying deoxygenated blood fueled my desire to know more about how my body functions. To me, it has always been about getting to know my self better.
Most people my age have known what they want to do with their lives for a couple of years. They never really give it much thought or they can’t decide on one thing. Which is fine, but that never was the case for me. I’ve known since I was eleven what I wanted to do with my life and it hasn't changed in six years. If anything I want it more and more each year. I want to go into the medical field and hopefully become a surgeon. There are so many opportunities to help people and yeah it takes a lot of work to get there, but I think it's well worth it.
I am a medical intern at the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and graduated in May 2016, with honor degree. I have always been fascinated by Pathology as a science and as a career. I have been interested in Pathology since I was a high school student, so I chose to spend my first elective summer training in Pathology to grasp a practical understanding of the field. This choice provided me a great opportunity to be involved in clinico-pathological correlation and observing laboratory work to gain a profound awareness of diagnosis of multiple diseases and understand the pathogenesis of them. I really enjoyed sitting at a microscope and realized at the time that I'm really in love with microscopes.
I perceive medicine as an intellectually stimulating and socially rewarding profession. Along with an understanding of science, it requires passion, devotion and personal sacrifices, which I learnt about after speaking to consultants at "A Career in Medicine" course. I have always enjoyed studying science and my enthusiasm to study medicine stemmed from an early interest in biology. To explore this, I completed a two-week work placement in Year 10 in the transplant research laboratory at Addenbrooke's Hospital. I was fascinated by the concept of transplant rejection and even witnessed a mouse heart transplant. In the lab I assisted in carrying out experiments, helping me develop analytical skills and allowing me to see how advancement in medicine is underpinned by research.
Before I was even able to crawl around the living room in my own house or make more than just a simple baby coo; I was a strong-willed little girl that soon grew up to follow her dreams. My mother has always said that I have one of the strongest personalities she has ever seen; that I am a leader and a risk taker. Since I was six years old I wanted to help people in need and to give them justice. Watching the television shows; Criminal Minds, Hawaii Five-0 and Castle, furthered my love for getting into the details and solving the crime. I have always loved science and learning how science can be brought into solving a crime. The TLC television network show, Forensic Files has opened my eyes to a much greater career field than just looking at
My passion for a career in Clinical laboratory science stems from a key experience with a li-censed Clinical laboratory scientist. On one day in the church , I was in dire need of help finding a job that can help me study medical in the future. For the first time I encountered professional-ism, knowledge, and humanity all at once. And this wasn’t a one-off experience. Each time I re-turned to the church, the exact same thing occurred: The Clinical laboratory scientist never seized to take the opportunity to encourage and help me knows better about the great work of Clinical laboratory scientists. From that moment, I decided to do my master in that field.
This is not surprising, considering the modest development of technology and limited access to it for practical use in my home country when compared to the state-of-the-art medical science and the cutting edge practices in the United States. I have had the honor and pleasure of doing recently observership for three weeks at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department of the Tufts Medical Center under the supervision of Dr. Arthur R. Rabson and visiting previously for two weeks the UCSF Dermatopathology Service under the guidance of Dr. Philip E. LeBoit. Both experiences were astounding and revelatory, providing further inspiration to bring my knowledge and experience level up to par with my American counterparts. Considering the above, I aspire to complete a residency program and go on to a fellowship in order to gain a more comprehensive pathology training and align myself closer to my goals. I specifically would like to continue the research on the markers that predict prognosis and explain the radiation resistance of adenoid cystic carcinoma. I would also like to perform a study on salivary gland tumors from patients who have been exposed to radiation from the 1986 nuclear disaster at